Thill for vehicles



(No Model.)

E. J. HAGAN.

THILL FOR VEHICLES.

No. 397,357.. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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ELIJAII J. HAGAN, OF BAYARD7 ]()\VA THLL FOR'VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 397,357, dated February 5, 1889.

Application led August 18, 1888. Serial No. 283,066. (No model.)

To @ZZ 1071.012@ it 11mg/ concer/L.- provided with a tenen, d3, which tits in a Be it known that I, ELIJAH J. HAGAN, a socket, h2, of the first-mentioned thill. citizen of the United States, and a resident of The thill-irons G are extended forward and Bayard, in the county of Guthrie and State have lateral extensions g, which are bolted to of Iowa, have invented certain new and usethe under sides of the thills and the cross- 6o ful Improvements in Thills; and Iv do hereby bar, and serve to brace or strengthen the con declare that the following is a full, clear, and neeted parts. An apertured lip is secured to exact description of the invention, which will and projects from the under side of the thill enable others skilled in the art to which it B, and to which is hooked the end of a braceio appertains to make and use the same, referrod, I, which extends diagonally across and 65 ence being had to the accompanying drawis hooked to a link, J, which is pivoted to the ings, which form a part ofthis specification, equalizing-lever K at its intermediate por and in whichn tion. This lever is pivoted at one end to one Figure l. is a top plan view of the forward of the thills E, and is formed at its other end axle of a vehicle, showing` my improved thills with a curved loop, 7.', in which loop is secured 7o secured in operative position thereto; and tlie'singletree lll by a pivotal bolt, l\l.

Fig. is a perspective view of the same. Fig. When the horse is harnessed to the singlel is a detail view of the equalizer. tree, which is free 1o turn upon its bolt, a Similar letters ot' reference denote correyielding motion is imparted to the animal zo spending parts in all the gures. when starting, thus obviating the great draw- 75 The object of my invention is to construct back heretofore experienced. At the same thills for vehicles which will enable the horse time the line of draft is brought at the cento travel in the track made by the wheels of ter of the axle, thus preventing the vehicle the vehicles; furthermore, to use in connecrunning to one Side.

2 5 tion with these thills a brace which will cause From the 'foregoing description, taken in So the line of draft to be at the center of the connection with the accompanying drawings, vehicle, or approximately so; 'li'urthcrmore, to the operation and advantages of my invenprovide means whereby the singletree is rention will be readily seen without requiring dered yieldable at its 'point ot' attachment to an extended explanation. .It will beobserved 3o cross-bar of the thills, and, linally, to conthat by forming `the thill 'B with the coin- S5 struct a device which shall be simple of eonpound curve sharp angles are avoided, and struction, durable in use, and exceedingly in- 'consequently the vehicle may be easily reexpensive of production. moved from the stable withouteatehing into lith these objects in view, the invention beams and. other obj ect-s.

3 5 consists in the improved construction and Having thus described. my invention, I 9o combination of parts of the same, as will be claim and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent of hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the United Statesthe claim. The combination of the ci'u'ved'thill, the

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes cross-piece, the curved heel secured to the 4o the forward axle ot' the vehicle. B denotes cross-piece at a point near its center, the 95 one of the thills, pivoted to the axle in the equalizing-lever having one end pivoted to usual manner at b. This thill is formed withl the cross-piece and at its other end formed the compound curve b '02, the curve b2 exinto a loop, a singletree pivoted in the said tending forward and forming the main l0nlever, a link pivoted to the lever at a point gitudinal'portion of the thill. Pivoted to the intermediate its length, and a brace-rod seico opposite end of the axle is the curved heel cured to the link and to a lip on the curved C. A cross-bar, D, is secured at one end to thill, substantially as and for the purpose dethe shaft B at d, and is formed near its opscribed. i positie end with an aperture, through which In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5o the tenen c of the heel C projects. To the niyown I have hereunto affixed my signature T05 end of this cross-piece, which is beyond the in presence of two witnesses. heel C, and which is formed with another ap-- ELIJ AH J. HAGAN.

* erture, the tenen e of the thill E. MelVitnesses:

tallic corner-stays F are bolted to these parts' J. LYNCH, where they are connected. The cross-bar isA DANIEL VADER. 

